KIX1001: ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 1

TUTORIAL 13: SURFACE INTEGRALS

1. Evaluate the surface integral of the vector field F = 3x2i − 2yxj + 8k over the surface S that
is the graph of z = 2x − y over the rectangle [0,2]x[0,2].
[Ans: -8]

2. Let S be the triangle with vertices (1,0,0), (0,2,0) and (0,1,1) and let F = xyz(i + j). calculate
the surface integral
 F.dS
S

If the triangle is oriented by the “downward” normal.

[Ans: -1/10]

3. The equations z = 12 , x 2 + y 2  25 describe a disk of radius 5 lying in the plane z=12.

Suppose that is the position vector field r(x , y , z ) = xi + yj + zk . Compute r.dS .
S
[Ans: 300𝜋]

4. Let S be the closed surface that consists of the hemisphere x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1  0 , and its
base x 2 + y 2  1, z=0. Let E be the electric field defined by E (x , y , z ) = 2xi + 2yj + 2zk . Find
the electric flux across S.
[Ans: 4𝜋]

5. Find the area of the ellipse cut on the plane 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 6𝑧 = 60 by the circular cylinder
𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 2𝑥.
7𝜋
[Ans: 6 ]

6. Find the integral ∬𝑆 𝑥 𝑑𝑆, where the surface 𝑆 is the part of the sphere 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 = 𝑎2
lying in the first octant.
𝜋𝑎 3
[Ans: 4
]
𝑑𝑆
7. Find the integral ∬𝑆 , where 𝑆 is the part of the cylindrical surface
√𝑥 2 +𝑦 2 +𝑧 2
parameterized by 𝑟(𝑢, 𝑣) = (𝑎 cos 𝑢 , 𝑎 sin 𝑢 , 𝑣), 0 ≤ 𝑢 ≤ 2𝜋, 0 ≤ 𝑣 ≤ 𝐻.
𝐻+√𝑎 2 +𝐻 2
[Ans: 2𝜋𝑎 ln ]
𝑎